Nosocomial infections in a neurological intensive care unit

Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 298-304

  Buke, Cagri ^a   Biyikli, Bilge ^a   Tuncel, Murside ^a   Aydemir, Sohret ^a   Tunger, Alper ^a   Sirin, Hadiye ^a   Sagduyu Kocaman, Ayse ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Neurological intensive care unit; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDA; CATHETER INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENCEPHALITIS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; EPILEPTIC STATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; MYELITIS; PNEUMONIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STROKE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 73449147708     PISSN: 13001817     EISSN: 13021664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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